JetBrains All Products Pack

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• JetBrains IDEsLong-time developers praise JetBrains IDEs for deep code intelligence, refactoring, navigation and debugging, but critics cite heavy resource use, buggy recent updates and clumsy AI integration.233recommend
• IntelliJ IDEAThe go-to IDE for Java and Kotlin, praised for built-in refactoring, code navigation and JVM debugging; the common complaint is heavy memory and resource use.206recommend
• Microsoft Visual StudioA full Windows IDE praised for its powerful C++ and C# debugger, code navigation and productive WinForms tooling, though many find it slow, bloated and pushy with Copilot.165recommend
• DelphiRecommended for building native Windows desktop apps very quickly with a visual drag-and-drop designer, though critics complain about aggressive licensing and a company that lost its way.126recommend
• XcodeApple's free IDE, praised by long-time users for strong debugging tools and steadily improving AI agent support, though many find it buggy and tied to recent Macs and macOS.100recommend

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The 22 most detailed of 23 comments. Each links to the original.

1. I've been using JetBrains All Products Pack and spent substantial amount in IDEs

   Recommends · Jun 2026 · in “Claude Corps”

2. one of the things that has me maintaining my toolbox subscription

   Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “I switched from VSCode to Zed”

3. I've been subscribed to Jetbrains full product pack for years now

   Mixed · Oct 2026 · in “JetBrains Thinkrail”

4. I have to remove the "AI assistant" from my sidebar every three days.

   Criticizes · Dec 2025 · in “JetBrains cancels Fleet”

5. They really didn't do well with AI integration the past few years.

   Criticizes · Oct 2026 · in “JetBrains reports revenue growth, net financial loss for 2025”

6. new releases usually decreased the amount of well-working features

   Criticizes · Oct 2026 · in “ThinkRail from JetBrains”

7. I doubt I will remain a subscriber for the entirety of next year.

   Criticizes · Oct 2026 · in “JetBrains reports revenue growth, net financial loss for 2025”

8. I also cancelled my All Products subscription a while ago.

   Criticizes · Dec 2025 · in “JetBrains cancels Fleet”

9. all my goodwill towards Jetbrains has been used up

   Criticizes · Sep 2026 · in “JetBrains Air: A System of Products for Agentic Software Development”

10. the value prop just isn't strong enough anymore

    Criticizes · Dec 2025 · in “Claude Code gets native LSP support”

11. the quality of the tool has gone down the drain

    Criticizes · Oct 2026 · in “JetBrains reports revenue growth, net financial loss for 2025”

12. I cancelled my personal all-products yesterday

    Criticizes · Dec 2025 · in “JetBrains cancels Fleet”

13. Not because of AI but it also doesn’t help

    Criticizes · Dec 2025 · in “Agentic Development Environment by JetBrains”

14. If Jetbrains removes their on-device (non-AI) code indexer and suggestion systems then I will no longer be a paying customer

    Mixed · Dec 2025 · in “VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot”

15. I am subscribed to their all you can eat plan and use their Junie coding agent

    Recommends · Apr 2026 · in “SpaceX and Cursor partnership. Right to acquire Cursor later this year”

16. still believe it's the best IDE even with it's massive performance issues

    Mixed · Apr 2026 · in “SpaceX and Cursor partnership. Right to acquire Cursor later this year”

17. Nothing compares to their C, Go, and rust IDEs.

    Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “Show HN: Unfucked (unf) – a filesystem flight recorder that snapshots every save”

18. their refactoring tools remain second to none

    Mixed · Oct 2026 · in “JetBrains reports revenue growth, net financial loss for 2025”

19. JetBrains is simply not interested in power users and professionals anymore, and seem to be utterly unaware that that's their core customer base.

    Criticizes · May 2026 · in “No More JetBrains Products for Me”

20. all code is generated, and I think this will be the reality at most companies

    Criticizes · Oct 2026 · in “JetBrains reports revenue growth, net financial loss for 2025”

21. Jetbrains is really behind.

    Criticizes · Apr 2026 · in “SpaceX and Cursor partnership. Right to acquire Cursor later this year”

22. Yes, I HATE their new UIs

    Criticizes · Oct 2026 · in “JetBrains reports revenue growth, net financial loss for 2025”